The Dandy Dozen🏀: 12 Players' Vintage Basketball Cards Worth Collecting!

[@studfieldmouse1369]

Gail Goodrich was my favorite growing up

[@studfieldmouse1369]

Jerry Buss went and got the best centers over the years. Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem and Shaq in that order. Fun fact. I met Wilt at a tennis tournament in Miami. Huge man. Shook his hand (kinda)

[@DavidGonos]

Good point! He got the best centers! I wonder if he’d work on getting Jokic these days somehow!

[@mikethesportshistorycollec1947]

Great video. Funny about Baylor and Worthy kinda being forgotten behind Wilt, West, Kareem and Magic, but just to show how great they were, all 6 were named to the NBA top 50 team of all time. That's some great talent.

[@DavidGonos]

Oh wow, that’s a great point! Far fewer teams in the ‘60s, too. Altho, a lot more teams in Worthy’s day. Thanks, Mike!

[@markleaser5893]

Now I know why the Knicks are cursed.

[@DavidGonos]

Hahaha why is that?

[@rayfromphilly6969]

great list of vintage basketball cards david.

[@DavidGonos]

Thanks for watching and commenting, Ray!

[@eddywil]

awesome list for me i have to add Chocolate Thunder Darryl Dawkins

[@DavidGonos]

Hahaha good dunker, mediocre player, but I remember the posters back in the day!

[@DavidGonos]

I believe he said he was from LoveTron. Hahaha

[@eddywil]

@@DavidGonos but he was one of the 1st high schoolersto make the jump. yes he was crazy but so were the 70's he is iconic to his time

[@DavidGonos]

@@eddywil very true!

[@godisgreat8462]

Keep up with the great videos

[@DavidGonos]

Thanks, will do!

[@Ben_Loughrey]

Great video!

[@DavidGonos]

Thanks, Ben! Much appreciated!

[@richardprice8951]

It's hard to imagine the Honus Wagner T206 card of basketball doesn't even get a mention 🤔 The 1948 Bowman George Mikan rookie card is THE card in vintage basketball 🏀

[@DavidGonos]

Yeah, that’s not what this is. This is a video about which players the average collector should collect. 99.9% of people can’t afford Wagner. Mikan had the one card - this is for collectable players that have several cards to choose from. Watch the video and it explains how I did the breakdown.

[@robertsprings3591]

Great video and awesome picks for the Dandy Dozen Mr David Gonos. I thought Star card company was producing cards from 81-82 Thu 85-86. I might be wrong about that. Have a good Tuesday and ✌️ Mr David Gonos.

[@DavidGonos]

Thanks Robert -- yesss, Star did produce cards, but they only distributed them in team packs, so it wasn't like you'd buy a pack and NOT know who you'd get out of it. They're just not considered the same as regular issued cards in regular packs IMO.

[@Scott__H]

Was looking forward to this one, great list, David. Looking at the just missed, I actually think you had the right exact 12 guys. Also, really great trivia and nuggets, as always! My collection is sorely lacking a lot of these guys, unfortunately. Now if I can just take a little of this budget and spend it on some singles instead of all the darn Wemby and Stroud retail, I might be able to remedy this, but don’t you hold your breath! Thanks for sharing!

[@DavidGonos]

Yeah, this year has been tough on those wanting old stuff -- Elly, Wemby, Stroud, Connor Bedard -- we're burning up our budget! It's been a great year for rookies, for sure. Thanks for commenting, Scott!

[@studfieldmouse1369]

#happyhobby

[@skywalkersindar7463]

Before I start the video, im going to predict Kareem #1

[@DavidGonos]

You were close!

[@davidbrasfield6720]

Baylor, west, robertson, etc have two cards in the '61 set. The inserts are more affordable.

[@DavidGonos]

Thanks for watching and commenting! The inserts?

[@davidbrasfield6720]

Could be the wrong term. The non-base cards. They have sayings like, "Oscar passes around the defense." They are more affordable. The Robertson one includes Bill Russell.

[@DavidGonos]

@@davidbrasfield6720 Ahhh yes, those are great deals -- that's the only Dr. J rookie card I own from that '72 set, his All-Star card! Can't afford the big boy. Gonna do the same with Bill Russell at some point!